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CHANCERY SALE
he h. AL ESTATE.


No. 56l3, R.--0hancery Court of Shelby
County.-John League administrator, VS..
Caroline BlanE ct nj and No, 46il, r.,
Caroline Blanz ct al VS.. John Balm ct al.
10y virtue Of an interlocutory decree for
ID safe, entered in the above cause on tho
18th day OF March, 1887, NJ. b. 81, page l42, /
will sell, at public auction, to the highest
bidder, in front of the CLERK and Masters
Office. at tho Main street entrance of the
courthouse of Shelby county, Memphis, Ten
saturday, April 10, 1887,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn,
The one-fourth undivided interest of Joseph
Balm in the following lots, viz; One lot OF land,
being part of lot 10, block IS, beginning at a
point 40 feet north of the northwest corner
Of Linden and Oaussy streets thence north
west parallel with Linden street 1888 feet to
Bob Prices line; thence south parallel with
Causey street 40 feet to stake thence east
parallel with Linden street 1888 feet to the
beginning. For title TO which reference is
made to deed recorded in book 30, page 6l2 Of
Also, one lot lying on the south side of
Pontotoc street, between Causey and Her
nando streets, and known as part of lot 4,
block 43, fronting 80 feet on the south side
of Pontotoc street and running back or south
between two parallel lines 1874 teet. For
title of which reference Is made to decd
recorded in Registers Office in book 81,
page 1863.
and also, one other lot, which begins at a
stake on the south side OF Linden street 81
feet east Of Causey street; thence east with
Linden street so feet thence south at right
angles with Linden street l45 feet; thence
west parallel with Linden street so feet ;
thence north las feet TO the beginning. For
title Of which reference is made TO decd
recorded In Registers office. book "a,
he sale will begin with the raised bids OF
II, l., auion as follows, Wig: First lot at
500, second at sl26 50and the tlird at Sl65,
Terms OF Sale-Oue half cash, balance in
six mo- tbs; notes with good security; lion
retained. redemption barred.
This March q, 1851.
s. /. MCDOWELL, Clerk and Master.
BY D. +. Coleman, DEPUTY O. and NJ.
lanes Gallagher, CAN'T \ Patterson and
poston 4 poston, solicitors,
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A Drugrist,s story

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the Lungs. l can say Of it what
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have never heard a customer speak o.
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est manner, have recommended il
in a great many cases OF whoopint
cough, with the happiest effects.
have used it in my own family fol
many ysars; In fact, always have 6
hottle In the medicine closet ready fol
uaou
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crowded her decks before. Among them were
Chairman James D. Smith. Philip Schuyler.
/. and @. @. Smith Of the Americas Cup Commit
tee: Messrs. Gouverneur Kortright. Stephen
Z Peabody, Alexander Taylor, Jr. of the Regatta
COMMITTEE Fleet Surgeon Asch' and Secretary
MI. George L, Schuyler. eS.Commodore Z:
) Treasury and Mrs. Fairchiid, Miss PhiPPs, Mrs.
f hSaEy E9 Sss u Assh nj he ReEss J. A
Philip SCHUYLER. Miss Ann Langdon. Chief Jus
tics Van Rrups Dr. and Mrs. Ahsnmore N9a a
Chas; &. Post. Miss Lena Post and Miss Stehny-
Capt Geo s. Hsn 5ss Ms Justice wa bite
A. fnsraham, Hamilton carey, Edward
e; Post; Freuerick Post. Edgerton L; Win hrop,
Lawrence ,Asninwall. G WylIys Belts. $; r.
l. II d,oremieuK, Thomas Howard, C.K. Rich
dss w. E E e. R RS sSss Ms Weir b. bs ss
field. Miss Bessie ,DelalIeld, Mrs. Alexander
Taylor. Jr.. Woodbury. Kane. John b. Pine.
The Electra dropped anchor OF Owls Head,
which was completely concealed behind
steam yachI Mohican, Commodore CLARK Of The
Royal Clyde Yacht Club, anchored Just aSte ei
%sm GsrR of We're rowsa
They stepped aboard and insTodq 4Ssd
Went back to their yacht. Mrs. Fairehild, Mrs.
Gerry, and Mrs. whitney accompanied them.
io%ed Ii the se an s Steam aYs suseH fhes
were shown all over the Mohiean, and re-
se s ana he acr h1 @ Of a y S %o ssa
praise for the hospitable Scotchman's benny
and comfortable craft.
famed the dying embers Of hope in the souls
OF the. ynchtsmen into quite q radiant glow;
boats s Around the Starting point The EeStra
footed with desperate energy. the Regatta
Committee shouted itself hoarse, but the con on
Syrnes TO drissthe beats GSck OF be ItG" and
s ssse ssasa t s T. 70 sf sh' ss 80
Hhe tlest kGiaptaia rlsd
on the oblurate CAPTAINS, but they treated It
with indifference. Then, accompanied by
Alexander Taylor. Jr.. the energetie Fleet Cap
tain scooted around and among tho boats In
one Of the Commodore's steam launches, and
got the line nearly clear.
The prepare DRY gun was fired az l2:2O.
Three minutes later somebody accidentally
touched an electric button on the bridge ana
Bssa NrR Rss bs pser not s apE aw al az the
not start. They We're permitted 70 bound away
the same time the New York Yacht Clubs PEN
nan. was run up 70 the foremost The r racers
1888 log: Volunteer. 12 ;34 5Sh.
The Electra sped after them to leeward as
all well-regnlated and respectable boats
should go, She footed numberess warnings
road and give the CaledOnian a chance.
The Volunteer rounded the Buoy 10 mt
2;2l:03 and the Thistle AT 2:36:45 Thus from
the start to this noint. the only one at which
the committee could take the line because oil
the lam OF boats. the Volunteer beat tho cutter
IL minutes 34A seconds.
II was not a lack OF International gallantry
that caused the Electra to closely pursue the
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EHHuUU7 T"m11 %
UNDEA THE LEE.

Ind a long talk over the events Of the day,
III and ths5E yoS and 20
as he stcpped into his boat to go away, for
the successful and mastery way IN which you
"There l. very little that care &c, to say now"
Of he result wifi red S
determined. i had full confidence in my boat.
what she could d. when the Thse o
on the starboad tack Just little after
Es hef had Thought might bee but
i was just as well. l guess. l saw q little
under Long Island. and l made for the staten
Island breeze. as l thought Il would hold
S Ssd the Hs, Ss s wash DO d %as W " orss
ahead In the direction on our course to
where l saw more wind, and we got into that.
of U.S. and in racing have always gone by the
old-iashio1ed rule. which tells you 70 steer by
so Rsr w behnd hsn YOU are doing %e
losing ground. then 1t may be we'll enough. to
ground. and / kept by the. plain old rule.
,,,s ion didn't have your biggest spinnaker out
We'll. now, look here: We are not going to
talk about what We didn't have out, Everybody
could see what we did have out, and We seemed
Capt. Han complained a great deal Of the
steamboats, and tugs crowding about him.
They came after us" no said, rs soon as
way to the light shin and back, am sure
hey made US lose three or four minutes on
the Hook going down, they got 30 close and
kept at Just such u mischieyous distance ahead
that our lee cen deck was continually swept by
up We signaIed them to keen of and to
drop astern and they would do 80 for
as.Ia han NNuI IN FTnl In M ~
from the Southwest Spit up they frequently
blanketed us so that they took nearly all the
wind away. our mainsail and CLUB topsail ire;
10 want TO get near. and IL hard to stop. but II
the mischief Il does were better understood l
am sure there would he less Of II. The boats
gathered about the Thistle In the Same way at
the start, but we were almost at once In the
lead. and then they took after US;
than did Capt Han
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bos thsps that ONE SmsS Would have said they
would wedge themsclves fast from shore to
Ii added L. tie comfort OF the, yachtsmen to
see the big Mohican, with her load Of SCOTCH
ter crossed crosse Where tho thistle was they did
not know. and did not care very much; She
but that did not signify She was beaten from
the moment the Volunteer wenthered her SO
neatly when she broke ta ,S above the e, hap
the harassing doubts that all day beset the
yachtsmen.
WHERE WAS THE MAN WITH THE RED PAINT PoTf
The yachtsmen who had seon him in the
man In q rel flat .bottomed skin. With pot ot
hsrSd Ma IN hs hey hparea
TO town. and, Rai herring such red paint nsc1ulu
befound conveniently. coated the resorts where n
lovers Of marine racers congrcgate brilliant
carmine.
PRETTY BADLY BEATEN. THE THISTLE.
Yankee sloop finished. the Thistle crossed the
chine he, lay ikS bright rsa ribbon aeross the
they aid It IN sisntorian fashion. Mr., Bell had
evidently kept his own time. for he looked at
his watch 9s the lovely cutter crossed the me.
He lifted his hat In response to the Runp0wder
salute OF the Commodore's yacht, and the per-
sonal salute Of the whole ships company.
THE SCORE nsp,,a corrected
Name lsdr. Finish Time. Time.
Volunteer. :. :, ~ IA :5sIA 5:2s!l1A 453ls t53:M
Thistle. 1898 b8 545 SIN 5I2;i6N 5:I2AlA
LIEUT.. HEM AND REPRESENTATIVE CUTTERS.
or all who saw the race II Is likely thnt no for.
eigntr njoyed the finish more keonlythanLieut
Hem of the GalateR, especially u there be any
truth In the adage that misery loves company;
The enter mon have. since the broad-beamcd
Thistle arrived, talked slighingl OF tho
Galatea, saying that she was not representa-,
tive cutter. but the product of arbitrary and
unwise rules on the other side. Now. however.
they had learned what II was to watch the
slick stern OF n Yankee sloop. and their heads
were bowed low. AT any rate,i the Galatea be
j not representative cutter, Lieut. Hem is
good enough gcntlen an to DO representative
yachtsman for any country.
TWICE AS MUCH BLANKETINa FOR THE voLUN-
TEER Az FOR THE THISTLE.
Doub less there will he loud complaints from
the sailormen on the Thistle about the trent
+ ment they received In the early part of the
race from the excursion fleet The treatment
was shameful. The complaints are we'll
blanketed all over the. course. from the head
OF the Swash Channel out and hack. In spite
of the fervid admiration of the spectators they
persisted In cosing In. around their favorite.
The injury done to tic Volunteer In this way
was twice that suffered by the Thistle. This Is
moderate estimate
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MANY GUESTS ON THE ELECTRA.
The Judge's Yacht Carries the Secretary OF
the Nnvy-Oficiai Time.


The sun did not give the respondent Elec-
ira q chance to reflect his golden glory US she
lay at anchor. encompassed with a fleet Of
steam flyers less gorgeous. of the foot OF East
Twenty sixth street at 7 o'clock yesterday
morning. The water was murky with the
shadows of leaden clouds, and the fog was rs
tthick as beer froth. but not nearly as white.
Some OF the surrounding craft were the pro-
pcllers Tiie Restless, Fra Diavolo. Oneida,
Loando. Cora. Nooya. Empress. Sky
lark, Taisman. Norma. Ibis. and Norwahl.
All these nne yachts made colors." which
Is nautical for sending pennants aloft stimuli
taneously with the Electra, at 8 O'Clock. Bobby
Gerry pressed the electric button that fired the
gun. Just rs the launch came alongside at
500, little Peter Goelet Gerry touched another
button. Bang! And up to the fore went the
Gag OF the Secretary Of the Navy. n plain blue
square with white anchor in the ctntre and
four white stars at the corners. Secretary
Whitney, Secretary OF State Bayard. and Sec.
rotary of the Treasury Fairchild boarded the
fagship. The Commodore and his staff, drawn
up in a line on the quarter deck. received the
eminent guests in naval fashion.
When the flagship got under way at $3.50
and steamed down the river through the
smoky air. footing with vigorous frequency,
she had on. board more passengers than ever
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a BIa CROWD UP TOWN.
Hotei Corridors Thronaed with People
Talking About the Great fIaec.

Hetei Corridors Threnaed with People
Talking About the Great Race.
There were more people in the uptown
hotels and resorts last night than there have
been for many months. Every one OF them
was thronged with regular holiday crowd
and It was as much az one could do between 8
and 0 O'Clock to elbow his way along Broad
way from Twenty third to Thirty-third streets.
There were a lot Of notables grouped about in
the Fifth Avenue Hotel corridors Cornelius
N. Bliss, the new Chairman OF Tom Platts
State Committee, stood chatting with the
wood-pulp statesman whom Pom Plat ousted
from the Senate; Senator Hiscock, who has
was industriousiy talking up his har-
seIy scheme Tor the grand old party
the races In the afternoon. and Calvin Wells,
sS y Sa t cRa
Psss cab hf f ks' 9ssc jacob ss
SSsr a, The HoiIInsP House "a across ths way.
tihgnished gathering, in which were William
NJ. SinEerly' the owner f o. that pTize Holsteln
who registers now rs from. Boston instead Of
missioner French. who has had In tow for sew
Bonea Of e Chicago 90 and stese
The great event OF the evening In Ed Stokes
palatlal retreat, however, WAS the appearance
OF Q ,1uartette Of pretty damsels attired In
with willie trimmings and cuffs. They wore
ths usual sailor eaps with al! the suniiness II
gilt lettering around the front. The Volunteer
was unanimously, voted back seat while the
The Engiishmen and scotchmen were not
disposed to grumble over the volunteer's vic:
eq hs Was
with such ease Some were inclined to think
that the Thistle's skipper seriously erred when
he tackled Just after the start and ran into
a e calm. There was some talk that
swash. hut It was uniformly admitted
that the Volunteer encountered quite az much
trouble from the same cause. Although the
Thistle men were not disheartened, there was
side races The disappointment to the foreign
ers who had put their money on the Thistle
was keen. Instances were spoken OF where. in
their enthusiasm. they gave odds at so to 10
that the Thistle would take back the cup
p. d. Withers, the horseman. SPOKE OF Eng.
lishmen having anywhere from $4,000 to 5000
on the Thistle, and It was the general remark
that the, Thistle Is more heavily backed than
any yacht ever sent to wallop . Yankee boat
In u race for the cup.
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SPRAY FROM the RACERS.

Let the winds blow soft or whistle, tho Yam
kee has the gristle to paralyze the Thistle
I'VE have three more boats that can beat
her." said ex-COmmodore Smith alter the race.
The confident Chairman meant the Mayhower,
Puritan, and Atlantic.
II the boat that Is " q devil In light wind" as
Gen. Paine called the Thistle, got beat so badly
In zephyr. where would she be where boat
OF some power Is requiredr
Among the musical accomplishments OF the
racers yesterday was u young man In q plaid
suit who blew musical blasts on u long tally
no horn. Another feature of the music was the
bagpipe. 1t was conspicuoqs only at the start.
THE big cup Is still here, and we're going to
keep Il fair and Just touch It II you dare" says
the bold Volunteer.
A cablegram from Glasgow, received here
yesterday before the race was over, said that II
had been decided to give the owners and de-
signers OF the Thistle public banquet on their
return home whether the Thistle wins or not.
pigeon that settled on the gaff Of the Thistle
looked from the deck OF the Electra In The misty
distance smaller than u swallow. What Is
that Z" . young lady asked her nautical bean.
THAT, said the learned yachtsman, IL prob
ably ably 3 n.y. There are none OF them on our
Commodore Gerry's new naphthA launch IL .
daisy. 1t had more distinguished folks In It
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BEFORE THE BULLETINS.
The LIGHT Winds Discouraged the Crowds
Until the Good News Came.


Until the Good News Came.
The crowds that gathered before The SUN
building and at other places where bulletins
Of the race were displayed during the after
noon were rather sombre affairs. The light
wind that famed mems faces brought gloom
along with 1t. Everybody felt that the Thistle
had just the kind OF weather It's canny heart
longed for. and that the American possession
Of the Americas cup was in greater danger
than at any time since the English Queen sat
on the deck of her yacht at Cowes and vainly
inquired what boat was second in the race to
the yacht America. The mysterious rumors
about the Thistle we're revived and exaggera-
ted until. In the minds Of most Of the people
who looked at the bulletins the Scotch boat
The despondency did not change even when
the Volunteer was rer.orted to h. We passed the
size Of f' crowds kent IncreasnS during the
read with eager but silent interest. Great sat:
isfaction was expressed at the growing lead Of
the Volunteer. but the sentiment of the men
who shook their heads. and said that the race
wasn't over yet, was the sentiment OF the
AtS o'clock Park row was olockaded with
Ss taG sraSs scsh Ds rsp
home hEn to Their dinners we're looked upon con-
temptuously by those who stayed.
AS 1t became evident that the event OF the
race WAS only question of a few minutes,
the excitement became intense. And then.
when the trembling hands OF the, bulletin
unteer's great victory, shout as spontaneous
as It was loud went up from Park row. Every
back and said that they had had
no doubt of the result all along. Cries Of
You can't beat Yankee. anEway" "Gpess
, teers the dandy Yacht p and the like were fire.
Guent Then the people dispersed. jubilantly.
but mirth and gayety
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GEN. PAINE CONGRATULATED.
Many Kilograms Received I..st Night Mt the
New York Yacht Club.

Many Te:es-.m= Received I..et Night mt the
New YOrk Yacht Club.
The billiard room and parlors Of the New
York Yacht Club were crowded all the even ing.
kilograms from Boston and other cities began
to pour into Gen. Paine, and when at 10 o'clock
the General entered. smoking cigar as calmly
as II running away from the Thistle WAS an
everyday event. he was warmly greeted and
congratulated. Commodore Smith handed him
letter. saying:
III you hadn't come tonight, General, I was
going to send 1t to your hotel" The letter Is
from Commodore Smith. and read:
laval myself OF this early thank you per-
sonaly for the magnificent victory Of today Yachts
men OF America Join me In this expression The people
Gen. Paine said to SUN reporter: 1T Is not
time to speak boastingly, but was almost
positive In one minute and half after We
crossed the starting line, that the Volunteer
would beat. the Thistle l was confirmed In
tack knew then that she was
beaten. l confess, however, that l am sur
prised at the result. was not confident be-
fore the start that the Volunteer would win.
There has been some talk that the yachts, were
'swashed.' l speak for the Volunteer when l
say we had swash from Buoy 8 to the light
ship and all the way back. About Thursdays
racer Well. am not prophesying tonight"